A by-election was held for the
South Australian House of Assembly
The House of Assembly, or lower house, is one of the two chambers of the Parliament of South Australia. The other is the Legislative Council. It sits in Parliament House in the state capital, Adelaide.
Overview
The House of Assembly was creat ...
seat of
Mitcham
Mitcham is an area within the London Borough of Merton in South London, England. It is centred southwest of Charing Cross. Originally a village in the county of Surrey, today it is mainly a residential suburb, and includes Mitcham Common. It ha ...
on 8 May 1982.
The by-election was triggered by the resignation of former state
Democrats MHA
Robin Millhouse
Robin Rhodes Millhouse, QC (9 December 1929 – 28 April 2017) was, at various times, the 39th Attorney-General of South Australia, the first Australian Democrats parliamentarian, and the Chief Justice of both Kiribati and Nauru and a judge of ...
. The Liberal Party was expected to win the seat, but Democrats candidate Heather Southcott was heavily favoured by Labor party preferences, and was a surprise winner.
The Liberals won the seat six months later at the
1982 state election.
Results
The
Australia Party
The Australia Party was a minor political party established initially in 1966 as the Liberal Reform Group. As the Australia Party, it became influential, particularly in the landmark 1972 federal election when its preferences assisted the Austr ...
, who contested the previous election and gained 0.3 percent, did not contest the by-election. The Democrats retained the seat by 45 votes.
See also
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List of South Australian House of Assembly by-elections
This is a list of by-elections and scheduled by-elections for the South Australian House of Assembly.
A by-election may be held when a member's seat becomes vacant through resignation, death or some other reasons. These vacancies are called casu ...
References
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South Australian state by-elections
1982 elections in Australia
1980s in South Australia